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solenogaster

/ˌsəʊ.lɪˈnɒɡ.ə.stə/

Tradução: Molusco vermiforme marinho de águas profundas, sem concha ou placas calcárias, mas com pequenas espículas mucosas na manto. Pertence à classe Solenogastres (ou Aplacophora).

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/ˌsəʊ.lɪˈnɒɡ.ə.stə/formalscientific
  • ptMolusco vermiforme marinho de águas profundas, sem concha ou placas calcárias, mas com pequenas espículas mucosas na manto. Pertence à classe Solenogastres (ou Aplacophora).

A deep-water wormlike mollusk lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle.

  1. Deep-water wormlike molluskC2formalscientific

    A type of deep-water, wormlike mollusk that lacks calcareous plates on its body but has fine, slimy spicules on its covering mantle.

    ptMolusco vermiforme de águas profundas

    • The solenogaster was discovered in the abyssal zone of the ocean.
    • Researchers studied the fine spicules on the solenogaster's mantle.
    • Unlike other mollusks, the solenogaster has no calcareous plates.